Vintage film cameras - Page 249 - SV650.org

johnnyrod · 05-01-17, 09:34 PM

I suspect all the false wins were marked as cash on collection and then marked as paid, or some other dodge. I was expecting to be sent a second chance offer, but nothing so far!

Kenzie · 06-01-17, 07:05 AM

Yeah, it will be relisted and it will start all over again. I was watching the Rapide they are selling. First bidder has been outbid by that same account. Annoys me.

johnnyrod · 06-01-17, 09:52 AM

I've just reported that one too. They probably get a lot of reports, you would think they have an escalation mechanism, maybe they need a certain number of reports for example. Report it yourself as well.

johnnyrod · 06-01-17, 01:45 PM

Well the chap in Plymouth is happy to send me the Contessamatic, I'm not 100% sure if it's all working or has a dead cell, he knows little about it so I'll find out, it has a case so normally they are in good nick. Once he found out the cell was busted he was going to bin it, so I offered to email him a Hermes label, all he has to do is drop it off, and he said yes. Fingers crossed!
http://www.gumtree.com/p/non-digital...ra./1207527220

Kenzie · 06-01-17, 06:17 PM

Well that's good news then? Will you use it to make yourself a good one using the other you have?

johnnyrod · 06-01-17, 06:35 PM

Will see how it is, I have a Contessa LK I can use for bits. I have a Contessa LKE (rangefinder) which is nice, but the LBE I had for a while had the focusing tabs near the body not on the front lens cell, as does my Contessamat, and I did like that - this new one does too. Some things just click, so to speak, so will see what happens.

Kenzie · 06-01-17, 06:40 PM

Nah, you lost me with all the Contessas you have!

johnnyrod · 06-01-17, 08:26 PM

LK is a scale focus, they are all rigid bodies BTW like the Colora/Symbolica (forgotten what you have) and actually look very similar. The E means rangefinder. They are all different versions of basically the same thing, made at different times. After the folding Contessa 35 came the Contessamatic I think, everything went though a phase of being -mat/-matic. All it really meant was a coupled light meter so you just centre the needle. They went back to the Contessa name with pretty much the same camera (in a few versions, with others like the Colora alongside), then finally the Contessamat which had auto aperture. The S310/312 switched to CdS cells which need batteries, and finally Zeiss lost the plot and the company disintegrated.

I bought the LK to fix the LKE, and though it has no rangefinder, most of the bits are there under the top cover, even I think the half-silvered mirror.

Kenzie · 06-01-17, 08:36 PM

Mine is the Tenax. Haven't shot with it yet. How does mine fall into the range?

Sent from the darkroom

johnnyrod · 06-01-17, 08:50 PM

It was a sort of scale-focus Contessamat I think. Forgot to say, cine film, v. cool, but how would you view it? Can you scan and animate it?

05-01-17, 09:34 PM	#2481
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras I suspect all the false wins were marked as cash on collection and then marked as paid, or some other dodge. I was expecting to be sent a second chance offer, but nothing so far!

06-01-17, 07:05 AM	#2482
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Yeah, it will be relisted and it will start all over again. I was watching the Rapide they are selling. First bidder has been outbid by that same account. Annoys me. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/ Last edited by Kenzie; 06-01-17 at 07:13 AM.

06-01-17, 09:52 AM	#2483
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras I've just reported that one too. They probably get a lot of reports, you would think they have an escalation mechanism, maybe they need a certain number of reports for example. Report it yourself as well.

06-01-17, 01:45 PM	#2484
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras Well the chap in Plymouth is happy to send me the Contessamatic, I'm not 100% sure if it's all working or has a dead cell, he knows little about it so I'll find out, it has a case so normally they are in good nick. Once he found out the cell was busted he was going to bin it, so I offered to email him a Hermes label, all he has to do is drop it off, and he said yes. Fingers crossed! http://www.gumtree.com/p/non-digital...ra./1207527220

06-01-17, 06:17 PM	#2485
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Well that's good news then? Will you use it to make yourself a good one using the other you have? __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

06-01-17, 06:35 PM	#2486
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras Will see how it is, I have a Contessa LK I can use for bits. I have a Contessa LKE (rangefinder) which is nice, but the LBE I had for a while had the focusing tabs near the body not on the front lens cell, as does my Contessamat, and I did like that - this new one does too. Some things just click, so to speak, so will see what happens.

06-01-17, 06:40 PM	#2487
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Nah, you lost me with all the Contessas you have! __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

06-01-17, 08:26 PM	#2488
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras LK is a scale focus, they are all rigid bodies BTW like the Colora/Symbolica (forgotten what you have) and actually look very similar. The E means rangefinder. They are all different versions of basically the same thing, made at different times. After the folding Contessa 35 came the Contessamatic I think, everything went though a phase of being -mat/-matic. All it really meant was a coupled light meter so you just centre the needle. They went back to the Contessa name with pretty much the same camera (in a few versions, with others like the Colora alongside), then finally the Contessamat which had auto aperture. The S310/312 switched to CdS cells which need batteries, and finally Zeiss lost the plot and the company disintegrated. I bought the LK to fix the LKE, and though it has no rangefinder, most of the bits are there under the top cover, even I think the half-silvered mirror.

06-01-17, 08:36 PM	#2489
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Mine is the Tenax. Haven't shot with it yet. How does mine fall into the range? Sent from the darkroom __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

06-01-17, 08:50 PM	#2490
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras It was a sort of scale-focus Contessamat I think. Forgot to say, cine film, v. cool, but how would you view it? Can you scan and animate it?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Do you like vintage motorbikes, well here is one for your son :-)	slark01	Idle Banter	7	02-04-11 11:49 AM
Vintage Film - Italian Display Team	maultin	Bikes - Talk & Issues	4	24-11-08 06:07 PM
vintage or westfield?	jim@55	SV Ecosse	9	01-03-08 07:32 AM
Vintage Moped	enginedriver	Idle Banter	17	09-06-06 11:18 PM
Spec cameras + survailence cameras	Daimo	Idle Banter	5	15-05-06 11:25 AM